Voyageur

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woodsman, boatman, or guide employed by a fur company to transport goods and supplies between remote stations in Canada or the U.S. Northwest.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A trader, particularly in furs, who worked (and explored) in the area of Canada and the northern United States from the 16th to early 19th centuries; they were often of Quebecois extraction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The Canadian name of one of a class of men employed by the Northwest and Hudson's Bay companies in transporting men and supplies, and, in general, in keeping up communication between their various stations. which was done exclusively in bark canoes, the whole region formerly under the exclusive control of these companies being almost everywhere accessible by water, with few and short portages. These men were nearly always French Canadians or half-breeds.
    • Word Usage
    "A voyageur was a man employed by Canadian fur companies to transport supplies, usually by canoe, to and from distant stations."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    traveler    canoeman    fur trader   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    annonce    surpris    voyageurs    caravane    projet   
     
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